The Notion of Equality (The International Research Library of Philosophy)

This title was first published in 2001. In the articles collected in this anthology, contemporary analytic philosophers examine the ways in which the notion of equality functions in moral and political discourse. Among the topics discussed are the relationship between the ideal of equality and formal features of moral discourse, the conflict between the ideal of equality of welfare and the ideal of equality of resources and the relationship between the equality of opportunity and the equality of results. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Series Preface Introduction PART I EQUALITY IN GENERAL 1 Equality and Generalization, A Formal Analysis 2 Egalitarianism as a Descriptive Concept 3 Principles of Equality 4 Nonegalitarian Justice PART II EQUALITY OF RESOURCES VERSUS EQUALITY OF WELFARE 5 Two Contradictory Ideas of (Political) Equality 6 What Is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare 7 What Is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources 8 Egalitarianism 9 Equality and Equal Opportunity for Welfare PART III EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY 10 Competitive Equality of Opportunity 11 The Concept of Equal Opportunity 12 Equal Opportunity and Genetic Intervention 13 Equality of Opportunity PART IV THE IDEAL OF EQUALITY FOR ITS OWN SAKE VERSUS OTHER IDEALS WITH SIMILAR IMPLICATIONS 14 Justice and Equality 15 Equality as a Moral Ideal 16 Forget About Equality PART V NEW DISTINCTIONS WITHIN EGALITARIANISM 17 Equality and Time 18 Equality and Priority 19 Equality, Priority, and Time 20 Equality 21 Inequality Name Index